Two shootings minutes apart in Louisville Wednesday were related, police say

WEBVTT VICKI: WLKY’S LAUREN ADAMS IS ON THE SCENE WHERE POLICE JUST SPOKE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. LAUREN, WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? VICKI: THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED IN A HOUSE JUST BEHIND ME. JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM HERE THERE WAS A SECOND SHOOTING. THAT PERSON IS EXCITED TO SURVIVE. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THESE INCIDENTS ARE RELATED. LET’S SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO. DETAILS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. STILL A VERY FLUID SITUATION. POLICE TELL ME THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE WAS A WHITE MAN. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER MORE DETAILS INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT HE LIVED AT THE HOME WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED OR EVEN IN THE AREA. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED AROUND 9:00 TONIGHT. WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS. STILL A VERY FLUID SITUATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CHANGES MENTIONED, ARE EXTREMELY DICEY. A LOT OF PEOPLE STAYED HOME TONIGHT. SOMEONE IN THE AREA MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOMETHING. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM THOSE PEOPLE. CALL THE ANONYMOUS TIP HOTLINE

Louisville Metro police said two shootings that were reported just minutes apart on Wednesday night were related.Officers were called around 9 p.m. to the 3500 block of Woodruff Avenue, where they found a man had been shot.The man was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.At 9:15 p.m., police were called to the 3600 block of Lentz Avenue on another shooting report.The victim of that shooting was determined to be a suspect from the shooting on Woodruff Avenue.Investigators said the two shootings were related and that the suspects fled the scene of the homicide to a home in the 3600 block of Lentz Avenue after robbing and killing the Woodruff Avenue victim.Two suspects were arrested and are awaiting charges.Damion Hayes, 19, is charged with murder and robbery.The second suspect remains hospitalized at University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Louisville Metro police said two shootings that were reported just minutes apart on Wednesday night were related.

Officers were called around 9 p.m. to the 3500 block of Woodruff Avenue, where they found a man had been shot.

The man was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

At 9:15 p.m., police were called to the 3600 block of Lentz Avenue on another shooting report.

The victim of that shooting was determined to be a suspect from the shooting on Woodruff Avenue.

Investigators said the two shootings were related and that the suspects fled the scene of the homicide to a home in the 3600 block of Lentz Avenue after robbing and killing the Woodruff Avenue victim.

Two suspects were arrested and are awaiting charges.

Damion Hayes, 19, is charged with murder and robbery.

The second suspect remains hospitalized at University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Two shootings minutes apart in Louisville Wednesday were related, police say

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